1066 Success at County Championships

The first major weekend of County Championships saw 1066 produce a glut of 32 pbs,9 Finalists, a County Title and a National Qualifier from the 17 swimmers that travelled to the K2 in Crawley. 

11 year old Chloe Pollard reached the Final with a pb in the heats in the 100m freestyle and then eased to victory to be crowned Champion in another personal best time. She also was the first in age group in the 200m IM and notched up a hat trick of silvers in the 200m butterfly,800m and 400m freestyle, all in better recorded times.

Ella Watson,12,qualified for the Final of the 100m breaststroke and improved in a hotly contested event to claim bronze but impressively the youngster reached the Final of the Open 50m breaststroke and finished a creditable fifth. The 200m breaststroke saw her claim third, the 200m IM a sixth place and seventh in the 800m freestyle and all in personal bests along with the 100m freestyle. 

Ryan Lee,11, another 1066 youngster was a silver medallist in the 200m backstroke then went on to have third place finishes in the 400m IM and the 200m freestyle and was edged into 4th place in the Final of the 50m backstroke. Along with his 50m butterfly Ryan clocked pbs throughout the whole weekend. 

Adam Rouncivell,15, became a National Qualifier with a superb swim in the 50m freestyle which earned him a deserved silver in the 16/under age group. He joins the growing list of National swimmers that are emerging from 1066. He also registered much improved times in both the 50m backstroke and the 100m IM. 

Another bronze was awarded for a local swimmer with Victoria Turner,14, recording an improved swim in the Final of the 100m freestyle and was fourth fastest in her age group in the 800m freestyle. 

Finalists kept on coming for the local swimming club with Darius Khalesi finishing sixth in the Final of the 100m butterfly plus a pb in the 200m freestyle, a seventh place in the Final of the 100m breaststroke for Charlotte Rouncivell who logged a pb in the 100m freestyle, a eight place for Brandon Johnson in the Final of the 50m backstroke along with a pb in the 200m backstroke and another eight place finish this time for Ellie Williams in the Final of the 100m freestyle. Matthew Kennedy improved on three of his four swims, the 50m and 100m backstroke and the 100m IM. Todd Alsop clocked another pb in the 100m IM. 

For some this was the first time at Counties from the likes of Harry Dyer, Sophie Griggs, Carys Williams, Megan Williams, Chloe Baker and Catherine Welford showing their improvement to reach this high standard of swimming with many clocking personal bests on the day. Congratulations to all.

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